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And, if I
may compare that day which was most joyful to you with that one which was
most sorrowful to me, which do you think most desirable to a virtuous and
wise man,—to depart from his country in such a manner that all his
fellow-citizens pray for his safety, for his preservation, and for his
return, which happened to me; or, (which happened to you when you left the
city,) to depart in such a way that every one should curse him, should pray
for harm to him, and should wish that that road might be his only one? I
call the gods to witness, that if I were so hated by all
mortals,—especially if I were so justly and deservedly
hated,—I should think any banishment whatever preferable to any
province that could be given to me.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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